5 things: 1. That statistics and metrics collection is incredibly important even if you only ever use it via libraries. 2. That code performance doesn't matte

5 things: 1. That statistics and metrics collection is incredibly important even if you only ever use it via libraries. 2. That code performance doesn't matter if the code is incorrect or insecure. So much of my life in industry has been tainted with an influence to conform to the cultural norm of "fast is best." This influence and culture is one of the most counterproductive parts of our industry. 3. The industry is actually full of great people, but those people avoid most of the media hubs that projects have access to because a tiny slice of terrible people dominate discourse. These assholes set the tone for the entire industry, and should be ostracized and punished. It's not everyone, it's a thin coating of hate. 4. Corollary to 2 and 3, I wish I learned to ask for help earlier in my career. I wish I could go back to my younger self and take the chip I'd acquired working with government contractors. 5. Corollary to 4, I wish I realized that I should be reading academic papers and that the people writing them weren't wasting time. Much of what's considered modern state of the art is in fact 5-10 year old work out of universities and MSR.